Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Just fabulous.They have a translucent quality just like painting. Isn?t the DMR just a wonderful piece of kit? I don?t care what others say - it?s antique by digital terms, there?s virtually no support, it?s only 10 MP, but hey when you get this image quality, then all that stuff just doesn?t matter. Best wishes, Charlie www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 26 May 2012, at 17:11, Doug Herr wrote: > Friday's weather forecast for a late-season winter storm in the Sierra > Nevada mountains and spring migrant birds establishing nesting territories > in the marshes of the Sierra Valley north of Lake Tahoe got me thinking > "This could be fun". > > I photographed several species but the highlight was an very cooperative > American Bittern. The American Bittern is a secretive member of the Heron > family (Ardeidae) ordinarily heard more often than seen. Their normal > habitat is dense marshes of cattail and bullrush where the bird's cryptic > coloration and habit of standing with is bill extended skyward helps it > disappear. > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt03.html > > demonstrating the "you can't see me" posture: > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt04.html > > and a demonstration of the Bittern Walk: > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ambitt05.html > > Technical stuff (all photos): R8/DMR, shoulder stock & monopod. First two > photos made with 560mm f/6.8 Novoflex Telyt, third made with 280mm f/4 > APO-Telyt + 1.4x APO-Extender-R. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information